Topics
Sustainable mobility (SM)
- SM1: EVs, HEVs, PHEVs, and MHEHs powertrains and energy management systems.
- SM2: electric drivetrain components design, sizing, optimization, modeling, identification, and control.
- SM3: EVs and PHEVs charging, conductive/ inductive charging, V2G strategies, battery performance assessment, fuel cells and hydrogen infrastructure, ultracapacitors, hybrid power supply.
- SM4: autonomous vehicles, AI guidance, localisation and mapping, robust perception, safety assessment.
Green buildings and industrial plants and processes (GBI)
- GBI1: green architecture, sustainable construction materials and process, integration of renewables, water supply.
- GBI2: indoor environmental quality enhancement, ICT applied to green buildings, renewables-assisted power supply, thermal comfort, smart homes.
- GBI3: energy efficiency improvement of industrial processes, decarbonization challenges, sustainable industry 5.0.
- GBI4: sustainable computing applications, IT tool energy- and thermal-aware management, data centers carbon footprint.
Renewable energies (RE)
- RE1: wind energy assessment, wind generating systems design and control, grid interfacing, grid code requirements, onshore/offshore systems.
- RE2: PV topologies optimization, solar inverters, off grid PV systems, grid interfacing, MPPT.
- RE3: PV-based water pumping, desalination and treatment, floating PV systems, solar heating.
- RE4: wave and tidal energies, geothermal energy, hydropower, biomass, smart grid, hybridization.
Shared topics (ST)
- ST1: carbon footprint reduction policies, life cycle prediction and analysis, working towards an energy efficient environment.
- ST2: Market analysis, research and prediction, economic benefits in short and long terms, employment, training.
- ST3: national and youth programs, public education, codes and standards, regulation.
- ST4: maintenance, second life, recycling, waste treatment.